# respirer
## English
### Noun

respirer (plural respirers)
* An organism that respires.

### Anagrams

* Perriers, perriers

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French respirer, from Old French respirer, borrowed from Latin respīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɛs.pi.ʁe/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: respirai, respiré, respirée, respirées, respirés, respirez

### Verb

respirer
* to breathe
** 2003, Mickey 3D, Respire:Il faut que tu respires Et ça c’est rien de le dire Tu vas pas mourir de rire Et c’est pas rien de le dire(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* mentir comme on respire
* respirable
* respiration

### References

* Etymology and history of “respirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Further reading

* “respirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* repriser

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /resˈpiː.rer/, [rɛs̠ˈpiːrɛr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /resˈpi.rer/, [resˈpiːrer]

### Verb

respīrer
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of respīrō

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French respirer.

### Verb

respirer
* to breathe

#### Conjugation

* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Descendants

* French: respirer

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respīrāre.

### Verb

respirer
* to respire; to breathe
* (figuratively) to come back to life
* (transitive) to revive (someone)

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: respiren
** English: respire
* Middle French: respirer
** French: respirer
* Norman: respither (Jersey)
* → Walloon: respirer

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (respirer, supplement)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* respirar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

### Etymology

From Latin respīrō, respīrāre.

### Verb

respirer
* (Puter) to breathe

#### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) fladar
* (Rumantsch Grischun) trair flad, trair il flad
* (Sursilvan) trer flad
* (Sutsilvan) trer flo
* (Surmiran) trer igl flo
* (Puter) trer fled, trer il fled
* (Vallader) trar il flà

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Old French respirer, a borrowing from Latin respīrō, respīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʀɛspiʀe/

### Verb

respirer
* to breathe

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | simple | respirer |
| infinitive | compound | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle |
| gerund$^1$ | simple | respirant |
| gerund$^1$ | compound | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | respiré | respiré | respirêye | respirêye |
| past participle | past participle | plural | respirés | respirés | respirêyes | respirêyes |
| | singular | plural |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | indicative | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos$^2$ | vos | i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | respire | respires | respire | respirans | respirez | respirèt or respirnut$^3$ |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | respiréve | respiréves | respiréve | respiréns | respirîz | respirént |
| (simple tenses) | preterite | respira | respiras | respira | respirîs | respirîz | respirît |
| (simple tenses) | future | respirrè | respirrès | respirrè | respirrans | respirroz | respirront |
| (simple tenses) | conditional | respirreu | respirreus | respirreut | respirréns | respirrîz | respirrént |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | past anterior | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | future perfect | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | conditional perfect | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle |
| subjunctive | subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos$^2$ | ki vos | k' i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | respire | respires | respire | respiranxhe | respiroxhe | respirèxhe or respirnuxhe$^3$ |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | respiraxhe | respiraxhes | respiraxhe | respirénxhe | respirîxhe | respirénxhe |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | – | ti | – | dji / nos | vos | – |
| simple | simple | — | respire! | — | respirans! | respirez! | — |
| compound | compound | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — |
| $^1$ The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western). |||
| $^2$ The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects |||
| $^3$ The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects. |||